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Uncle Joe

(60,966 posts) Mon Jan 20, 2025, 12:44 PM Jan 20

"I've Been to the Mountaintop": In Final Speech, MLK Spoke of Reaching "Promised Land" of Equality

Today is the federal holiday that honors civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929, and was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis at just 39 years old. We play an excerpt from King's last speech, "I Have Been to the Mountaintop," in which he spoke of the ongoing struggle for equal rights that he said would continue even without him. "I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land," King said. He was killed one day later.

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"I've Been to the Mountaintop": In Final Speech, MLK Spoke of Reaching "Promised Land" of Equality (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jan 20 OP

If he is watching over us with influence on the PTB, today ought to be raining fire and brimstone hlthe2b Jan 20 #1

hlthe2b

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1. If he is watching over us with influence on the PTB, today ought to be raining fire and brimstone

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Mon Jan 20, 2025, 12:51 PM

Jan 20

Gawd the look on Trump's face as he entered the rotunda--before I turned it off was beyond vomitus-producing. The only humor was seeing the overt attempt of Melania (under her wide brimmed hat) to deflect Trump's attempt to kiss her cheek. Wow. Embarrassing. For me, the looks on Sonya Sotomayer, and Ketanji Brown Jackson conveyed everything I'm thinking.

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